Thursday, June 4, 2015

Guest Designer-Vanessa Menhorn

Hello friends!

It is my absolute pleasure to introduce you to our first guest designer for this challenge! Please welcome Vanessa Menhorn fromwings of a butterfly. I have known Vanessa since back in the Hero Arts Flickr days circa 2009. Vanessa is a natural.... she is the kind of paper-crafter who can pick up design sense and techniques FAST. Vanessa has won numerous challenges, titles and worked on many DTs. She is one of the most prolific card makers that has been published (see the long list here).
Need I say more? Let's hear it from Vanessa!

Vanessa: Hi everybody! I am so honored and happy to be sweet Virginia's Guest Designer! When she asked me and told me about this month's challenge, I got so excited. OMBRE! What's not to love? Here is the card I created:

Vanessa: I have to blame
Virginia for enabling me to finally buy a MISTI. After seeing her great videos,
I couldn't resist any longer! So, for my card I used it to create the
background. I first die-cut a scalloped panel using Winnie
& Walter Essentials: Audrey Cutaways from white cardstock. Then I used
an oldie but goldie Houndstooth
Background stamp from Hero Arts with my MISTI. I first inked the bottom part
of the stamp using Mama Elephant Blush
Ink and stamped it onto the panel. Now, without cleaning the stamp, I inked
the next portion of the stamp with Mama Elephant Bubble
Gum Ink and stamped again. I moved on to ME Piggy Bank
Ink and finally stamped with ME Smoke Ink.
Then I adhered the panel to a grey cardbase. I used the same ME Smoke Ink and
an Ink Blending
Tool to ink a piece of white cardstock, applying more color to the bottom
part and less to the top. Then I die-cut the hello from the Winnie
& Walter In a Word: Hello Cutaway and adhered it to the card with foam
tape. Now I stamped the cute Elephant from the WPLUS9 set
Unforgettable onto cardstock and die-cut it with the matching die. I colored
it with Copics and adhered it with foam-tape, too. Then I finished my card off
with pink sequins. Here is a closer look at the little elephant:

Vanessa: I hope to have
inspired you with my card today! Thank you again to Virginia for having
me!

Isn't that elephant DARLING? I am absolutely in love with her color blending with pink and grey. Vanessa is one cool card designer! Please stop by Vanessa's blog and leave her some love! Lastly, I want to say: "Vielen Dank" to Vanessa for taking time to create for us.
Thank you for stopping by!

LOVE Vanessa's card and just so impressed with the double ombre - in the background and again in the sentiment!! Terrific and just such a fun and great card!! Virginia - thank you for the way you spotlight and showcase so many people!! You are one of the good gals!!! Hugs!!

How to Play

This monthly card-making challenge blog will run for 18 days and there will be a SPOTLIGHT feature of Top 10 Favorites on the 25th. Any style and levels are most welcome!

Goals:

1. to foster the love of stamping/card making among the on line community

2. to grow as a stamper/card-maker regardless of level and experience

3. to make new friends and encourage the camaraderie amongst the participants/blog followers.

You are encouraged to link up as many as projects as you like. Cards with paper, stamps and inks involved are welcome! If the linked project is not related to the challenge, it will be deleted. Don't have a blog? No problem! Any link (Flickr, FB page, Splitcoaststampers, Pinterest...) is welcome!

The Top 5 selection criteria will be based on: 1. Originality (30%)2. Execution (30%)3. Craftsmanship (20%)4. Presentation (10%) 5. Wow factor (10%)Among the Top 10 Fav, there will be a random draw for a lucky (and talented) winner who will then receive the top prize. In order to qualify for the top prize, your project has to be NEW (not linking back to a previously made project). You are welcome to combine other challenges, please limit to your total number of challenges no more than 4.

Copyright

Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog's author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Virginia's View Challenge with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Thank you.